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Re:Support for IPv6 by throw0101a on Friday September 20, 2024 @08:06AM (#41601171)
> Everyone talks about the biggest change being the 128-bit address space, but the real leap is that pre-existing ipv4 blocks weren't preserved in ipv6.

You mean like RFC 2765?

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Re:Support for IPv6 by paperplatter on Monday September 23, 2024 @12:26PM (#41627801)
RFC 2765 isn't about keeping ipv4 blocks in ipv6, if I understand correctly. It's about translator boxes for ipv6-only hosts to talk to ipv4-only ones by acquiring temporary ipv4 addresses.
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